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SUMMARY:FUNDRAISING BBQ!
DESCRIPTION:SHUT DOWN CANSEC + FIGHT FORD \nFundraiser BBQ!!\nFeaturing:\nHalal and veggie dogs\nBike tune ups\nGames\nRaffle\nKIDS EAT FREE
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/fundraising-bbq/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260502T130000
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SUMMARY:Mayday 2026 Historical Walking Tour: Popular Rebellions Throughout Ottawa’s History
DESCRIPTION:On May 1st\, 1911\, the Socialist Party of Canada organized Ottawa’s first public celebration of Mayday with a rally and speakers in Major’s Hill Park. \nTo commemorate the 125th anniversary of that event\, the Ottawa branch of the Tempest Collective – an American/Canadian socialist group – is offering a free historical walking tour\, starting from Major’s Hill Park. Join us to learn about seven of the most dramatic protests and strikes in Ottawa’s history\, moments when the struggle intensified into serious rebellions. \nLed by Brian McDougall\, from Peoples’ History Walking Tours\, the tour will visit the sites of those seven episodes of mass struggle. Each of those moments surpassed the limitations of ‘normal’ strikes and protests to reveal the possibility of system change. In doing so\, they raised political questions that remain critical today.\n• How can we overcome the racial divisions in the working class?\n• How much capacity do the unorganized have to strike?\n• How do you build a general strike?\n• How does the ruling class co-opt protest movements?\n• What can rank and file workers do to overcome the conservatism of their union leaders?\n• How can single issue movements and campaigns attract support from other groups? \nThe tour will last about three hours\, and will end with a visit to a nearby pub. For more details and information about the time and meeting place\, send an email to brian.phwt@gmail.com. Make sure to include your phone number in case of last minute changes to the plan. \nFor more information about the Tempest Collective in Ottawa\, email us at socialisminthecapital@gmail.com \nMake sure to read our webzine at Tempest Collective: https://tempestmag.org/
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/mayday-2026-join-the-ottawa-tempest-collectives-mayday-historical-walking-tour-saturday-may-2-1-4-pm-popular-rebellions-throughout-ottawas-history-glimpses-of-revolutio/
LOCATION:Major’s Hill Park\, Mackenzie Ave\, Ottawa\, K1N 6Z4
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tempest Collective":MAILTO:brianmcdougall25@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095708
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SUMMARY:May Day March - Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:May Day March\nFriday May 1st\, 2026\nTime: Gather at 5:00\, march departs promptly at 5:30pm\, returns at 7:00pm\nStart Location: Confederation Park (Elgin St. @ Laurier Ave W – map link)\nRoute: More info to come soon\nOttawa\, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory \nMay Day is a day to unite and celebrate the collective power of all who labour – paid and unpaid\, formal and informal\, in all types of work and activities that sustain us and our communities. As a longstanding international holiday\, it is a day to build our movements while forging solidarity across borders against exploitation and dispossession. \nEach day the world gets scarier. We are seeing a global rise in right-wing authoritarianism. Immigrant communities are facing violent detentions and deportations. Trans people are being targeted. New wars are being waged and threatened around the world as Palestine continues to endure unspeakable horrors. Cuba is being denied essential access to necessities of life and many countries are under threat of economic collapse and massive job losses. The rich keep getting richer and billionaires are flying to space while the ecological crisis is intensifying and the cost of living continues to rise. It doesn’t have to be this way! \nCollective struggle is the way forward. May Day is a moment when\, in strength and joy\, we come together in our shared fight to shape the conditions of our lives and world. \nIn preparing for May Day 2026\, the May Day Organizing Committee is guided by our Basis of Unity: https://www.maydayottawa.org/basis-of-unity/ \nOrganizations that agree with the May Day March Basis of Unity are invited to endorse this year’s March. If your organization would like to endorse the march\, contact us at info@maydayottawa.org. \n 
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/may-day-march/
LOCATION:Confederation Park\, Elgin and Laurier\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260501T130000
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SUMMARY:Marche du 1er mai 2026 en Outaouais
DESCRIPTION:En fin de mandat et à un niveau de popularité très bas\, le gouvernement de la Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) continue sur sa lancée de l’austérité\, des coupures et adopte des projets de lois nuisibles pour les travailleuses et travailleurs. Il coupe dans les services publics\, les programmes sociaux et attaque les droits des travailleuses et travailleurs. Au fédéral on multiplie les compressions budgétaires et coupures dans les services publics… que restera-t-il du filet social? \nLe 1er mai\, nous marcherons à partir de la place de la cité à Gatineau pour reprendre notre pouvoir collectif et pour une vie digne! Nous serons en lutte contre la richesse indécente\, les abus de pouvoir et l’exploitation économique! \nMobilisons-nous en Outaouais pour la journée internationale des travailleuses et travailleurs! \nDes hots dogs et des breuvages seront servis sur place! (option végane disponible)
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/marche-du-1er-mai-2026-en-outaouais/
LOCATION:Place De La Cite\, 500\, boulevard de la cite\, Gatineaue\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Pack the Court & Rally in Support of the Polat 4
DESCRIPTION:Canpolat Sahin\, owner of Polat Construction\, will be standing trial for sexual assault. We plan on letting him know how we feel about his actions against women\, and his former employees who are owed almost $150k. \nJoin us on May 1\, 2026 at the Ottawa Courthouse to stand with migrant construction workers!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/pack-the-court-rally-in-support-of-the-polat-4/
LOCATION:Ottawa Courthouse\, 161 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Justice for Migrant Workers":MAILTO:j4mw2.on@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair - call for tables/workshops
DESCRIPTION:Table and workshop applications now open until May 8th! \nTable applications: https://my.liberaforms.org/ottawa-anarchist-book-fair-2026-vendor-application \nWorkshop applications: https://my.liberaforms.org/oabf-2026-workshop-application \nThe Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair is run by a group of local anarchists and anarchic-organizers who are interested in cultivating a culture of autonomous and decentralized organizing in so-called ottawa. Our fair will have a mixture of literature (books\, zines\, etc.) relevant to anarchism/anti-oppression/organizing\, community-run workshops & skillshares\, and tabling from autonomous community groups and organizers. \nWe acknowledge that as settlers on these stolen\, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe lands we represent part of the problem and are committed to operating in solidarity with Indigenous resistance and organizing however we can. Additionally\, we acknowledge the ways that power structures such as colonialism\, racism\, classism\, misogyny\, ableism\, and queerphobia replicate themselves both inside and outside of activist spaces. As a collective\, we aim to make this event as accessible as possible to those left behind by the state and mainstream society. More details about our specific commitments and agreements for the space will be released soon on our website. \nhttps://ottanarchistbookfair.noblogs.org/
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ottawa-anarchist-bookfair-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260427T213000
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SUMMARY:Social Production of Science Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:How is science knowledge communicated and circulated? How does these norms effect what is considered Science? \nIn this month’s module of the Social Production of Science reading group\, we bring you “The Circulation of Science”. Here we will discuss the scientific journal\, the scientific conference\, and the peer review and granting process as methods of sharing scientific knowledge\, establishing\, and gatekeeping what is considered Science. We will also look to these places as site of intervention. \nOur discussion for Module 4 of the Social Production of Science series will take place on Monday\, April 27th at 8 pm EDT on zoom.\nWe will be discussing three readings:\n• Scientific Autonomy\, Public Accountability\, and the Rise of “Peer Review” in the Cold War United States\, by Melinda Baldwin\n• The Social Construction of Two Biologists’ Proposals by Greg Myers\n• The art of gathering: histories of international scientific conferences by Bigg et al. \nRegister at the link in our bio to get access to the readings and sign up for updates! We will send out emails with the discussion questions and zoom links. \nAll members\, new and old\, are invited to join this online reading group exploring The Social Production of Science curriculum. This reading group continues SftP’s tradition of running a reading group alongside our local organising\, and the goal of this series is to better link our collective education with collective action\, bringing together members to deepen our shared understanding of science\, power\, and liberation. \nDeveloped and maintained by the Science for the People\n– New Haven Chapter\, this curriculum investigates how Marxism\, science\, and capitalism intersect – and how these forces shape both knowledge and the material conditions of our world. Through discussion and reflection\, we’ll consider what it means to reclaim science as a tool for social transformation.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/social-production-of-science-reading-group/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260426T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T004329Z
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SUMMARY:Hungry for Food Justice?
DESCRIPTION:Be a part of reviving Food Not Bombs in Ottawa! \nAre you the kind of person who wants to make sure no one gets left behind? Do you want to build food security in your community? Is it clearer now more than ever that the world needs cooperation and mutual aid\, not greed and wanton destruction? If so\, come be part of the revival of the Ottawa chapter of Food Not Bombs! \nWondering what that is? Food Not Bombs is the name shared by independent collectives around the world that gather donated produce and ingredients\, cook delicious plant-based meals\, and distribute them for free in public spaces. Ottawa had one such collective\, but it ceased operation in 2021. Now you have a chance to be part of a new iteration! \nWe’d love to have you join the inaugural meeting taking place online on April 26\, 2026\, at 15:00. This meeting will discuss first steps towards building a fully operational chapter. All are welcome\, whatever your experience or capacity! If you would benefit from specific accessibility measures\, please don’t hesitate to reach out. \nTo access the link for the online meeting\, or if you have any other questions\, please send a DM to this Instagram account or an email to ottawafoodnotbombs@tutamail.com
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/hungry-for-food-justice/
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SUMMARY:Atelier - Travail du sexe et organisation collective (French)
DESCRIPTION:Le travail du s*xe subit une marginalisation constante\, les travailleuses et travailleurs en paient le prix. Ielles n’ont pas à l’accepter pour autant. \nPlusieurs d’entre elleux se sont regroupé-es pour organiser leur travail collectivement\, et contrer les violences faites envers les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe\, particulièrement les personnes 2SLGBTQIA+. \nEst ainsi formé le Collectif autonome du travail du sexe (CATS). L’atelier donné par le CATS servira à comprendre : \n– Comment ses membres l’organisent;\n– quels sont ses buts;\n– Comment il leur permet de nouvelles et nouveaux allié-es. \n—\n– Le 135 rue Eddy est accessible aux fauteuils roulants\n– De la nourriture sera offerte sur place\n— \nLes ateliers « Lutter pour gagner » sont organisés par des gens de vos quartiers qui veulent apprendre comment lutter pour gagner le contrôle de notre travail\, de nos quartiers et de nos vies. On invite des personnes qui sont actives sur le terrain\, aujourd’hui\, pour partir apprendre d’elles et partir avec des fondations solides. \nPour qu’on vous tienne au courant\, laissez-nous vos coordonnées ici – tout est anonyme:\nhttps://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/aP5iUprcdXmnbdjTN0bh2CW6tB6xhbUcQIbNPQfKIhM/
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/atelier-travail-du-sexe-et-organisation-collective-french/
LOCATION:135 Eddy street\, Gatineau\, 135 Eddy street\, Gatineau\, J8X 2W7
ORGANIZER;CN="Lutter pour gagner":MAILTO:lutterpourgagner@protonmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260423T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095709
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer presents wîhtamawik / Tell Them
DESCRIPTION:Join Cree poet and kêhtê-aya (Elder) Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer to celebrate the launch of wîhtamawik / Tell Them: On a Life of Inspiration\, a new collection of memoirs\, essays\, and poems. Louise will be joined in conversation by Omeasoo Wahpasiw. \nThe event will be held at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in their upstairs lobby. Doors open at 6:30pm\, program begins at 7pm. \nIn wîhtamawik / Tell Them\, Louise chronicles her childhood in a cabin on reserve\, through the Indian Residential School system\, and into her reclamation of her nêhiyaw language\, culture\, and spirituality. \nIn Cree\, inspiration is described as a sudden insight. It can come from visits from spirit\, from the charged reciprocal experience of being taught by Elders and teaching the next generation\, from speaking Cree\, which allows the poet to “somersault into memory\,” and from the practice of observing and being in relationship with the land as it “constantly gives birth to itself.” wîhtamawik / Tell Them is a stunning love song to nêhiyaw ways of knowing—ways which Halfe has spent her life working to reclaim from the violence of colonization\, in order to celebrate their survival and share their enduring teachings with future generations. \nLouise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer is an acclaimed nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) poet and writer from the Saddle Lake First Nation in Alberta. She has been the recipient of multiple awards and appointments for her work\, including the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal\, Saskatchewan Provincial Poet Laureate\, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal\, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate\, King Charles III Coronation Medal\, and Member of the Order of Canada. \nOmeasoo Wahpasiw is nêhiyaw from the Treaty 6 territory located in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan) with the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. She is an Associate Professor in the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism and cross-appointed with the School of Indgienous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University. \nCo-sponsored by University of Regina Press. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/4860920260423
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/book-launch-louise-bernice-halfe-sky-dancer-presents-wihtamawik-tell-them/
LOCATION:Great Canadian Theatre Company\, 1233 Wellington St. W\, Ottawa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260422T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095709
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T115739Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the lauch of Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us with co-authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks\, a jarring portrait of a deeply unequal Canada and how a wealth tax could rein in the destructive power wielded by today’s billionaires. \nAs the ultra-wealthy siphon off an ever-larger share of the world’s wealth\, they now dominate us to a degree unimaginable even a decade ago. With their voracious consumption\, unbridled resource exploitation\, and relentless obstruction of climate action\, they are rapidly undermining democracy and destroying the very viability of the earth for human life. \nTheir staggering power and hoarding of wealth have prompted a number of G20 nations to consider imposing a wealth tax\, aimed exclusively at the super-rich. In Canada\, such a tax would apply only to those with wealth above $25 million. Yet it could collect $40 billion a year — funding public programs that could immensely improve the lives of millions of Canadians while clipping the wings of the super-rich. \nBillionaires would threaten to depart. But as they left the country that had nourished them and enabled them to grow so wildly rich\, they’d face a hefty “exit tax” on the way out. \nYes\, change is possible. \nLinda McQuaig is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award for investigative reporting. The National Post has described her as “Canada’s Michael Moore.” She is also the author of eight national bestsellers\, including Shooting the Hippo\, selected by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the twenty-five most influential books of the past twenty-five years. Perhaps not surprisingly\, she has enraged many on the right\, including Conrad Black\, who called for her to be “horsewhipped.” \nNeil Brooks taught tax law and policy at Osgoode Hall Law School for over 35 years. He has published extensively on income tax issues and was the editor of Canadian Taxation\, Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the Canadian Tax Journal. He is the co-author of The Trouble with Billionaires (2010) with Linda McQuaig. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/4873320260422
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/cancelling-billionaires-before-they-cancel-us-book-launch-cancelling-billionaires-before-they-cancel-us/
LOCATION:Abbotsford House\, 950 Bank St\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5G6\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T220000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095709
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SUMMARY:Opening event for "Art is a Weapon" Poster Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In 1930s Spain\, artists\, organizers\, unions\, and leftist political parties produced thousands of stunning posters promoting revolutionary social change and opposing fascism. In 1936\, the Spanish Civil War began when fascists organized a coup to overthrow Spain’s democratically-elected leftist Popular Front government\, composed of a coalition of socialists\, anarchists\, communists\, workers’ organizations and social movements. From 1936-38\, thousands of international volunteers\, including at least 1500 Canadians\, went to Spain to join the Popular Front in the fight against fascism. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy enthusiastically supported the coup\, and the fascists ultimately won\, installing a dictatorship that would last until the late 1970s. \nArt is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39 presents reproductions of more than 25 striking posters that teach us the history of revolutionary Spain and the Spanish Civil War. But these posters are more than just artefacts of the past. They illuminate a history that extends into the present moment and to struggles we continue to fight today\, from opposing fascism\, fighting for gender liberation\, defending children’s genuine health and well-being\, and defending the dignity and well-being of working people to fighting for environmental sustainability\, for public education and art\, and supporting international solidarity. \nThe exhibition also includes reproductions of artefacts from the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion\, the Canadian contingent of the International Brigades that fought against fascism in Spain.\nCurated by Claire Nicolson-Hurtig (@encrenoire.illustration\, Posters for Palestine 2024 exhibition\, member of Education for Liberation Collective) \nPosters are reproduced from the collections of the Fundacion Pablo Iglesias (Madrid\, Spain)\, the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections of Brandeis University (USA)\, and the Centre de Recursos per Aprenentatge i la Investigació at the University of Barcelona (Spain). \n\nOpening event for Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936–39\n\nEvent Timeline\n\n7:00pm – Doors open \n7:30pm – Presentation by exhibition curator Claire Nicolson-Hurtig\n8:30pm – Snacks by Gongfu Bao!\n10:00pm – End of event \n\n\n\nMasking: Please Note \n7:00–8:30pm – Masks will be required and provided.\n8:30–10:00pm – Masks will be optional and people will be eating and drinking in the space\, and on the patio if weather permits.\n\nPoster and Zine Sale!\nWe will have Spanish revolutionary and antifascist posters and postcards as well as Education for Liberation zines available for purchase!\nAll proceeds will go to cover the costs of the exhibition (archival works display fees\, high quality poster reproduction printing\, publicity materials\, space rentals\, frames\, and other miscellaneous supplies).\nPayment methods: Cash (preferred)\, e-transfer\, and tap.\n\nAccessibility Information\n\n\nHEPA filter rated for volume of space\nHVAC System\nStopgap ramp at entrance\nWheelchair access throughout the space – floor is level. The main aisle through the restaurant is 3 feet wide but narrows to 2 feet 10 inches wide in one part.\nWashrooms are partially accessible and have handrails; doors are not wide enough for wheelchair entry.\n\n\nWe aim for this event to be a welcoming and community-oriented space! Feel free to come by at any point in the evening\, bring a friend\, and spend some time with the exhibition.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/opening-event-for-art-is-a-weapon-poster-exhibition/
LOCATION:Gongfu Bao\, 365 Bank St\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P1Y2\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Education for Liberation Collective":MAILTO:educationforliberation@protonmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T203000
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SUMMARY:digestion\, maturation\, and death - Queer Death Salon
DESCRIPTION:Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \nCome try on a lens through which we see death as a natural part of cyclical human maturation\, and digestion of experience as an ongoing\, mundane yet essential practice of being with death. \nhannah is a somatics practitioner\, bodyworker & facilitator who roots her work in the unshakeable knowing that the wisdom of your body is your birthright\, and that this wisdom is the heart of transformation & healing for personal & collective liberation.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/digestion-maturation-and-death-queer-death-salon/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260412T001647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T001647Z
UID:16114-1776796200-1776801600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Long Sixties with Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry`
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Apr 21st\, 2026\n\n\n6:30 PM\n\n\n–\n\n\n8:30 PM\n\n\n GCTC\, 1233 Wellington St. W\n\n\n\n\n\nOctopus Books welcomes Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry to celebrate the Ottawa launch of The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left\, edited by Jim Harding. \nSharing their stories as lifelong activists\, Joan and Lib will reflect on their victories and defeats\, their personal and political challenges\, and how their perspectives deepened and changed along the way. Join us for a conversation on how the lessons of the past can help inform our ongoing fight for a more just and equitable future. \nThis event will be held at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in their upstairs lobby. Light refreshments will be served and the theatre’s bar will be open for beverage sales. Doors open at 6:30pm\, program begins at 7pm. \nAbout the book \nIn The Long Sixties\, seven veteran political activists from the sixties\, all still engaged in campaigns and organizations across Canada\, tell their stories of transformational activism. This book provides hope\, chronicling the significant gains — in advancing peace\, international human rights\, Indigenous rights\, women’s and 2SLGBTQ+ rights\, workers’ rights\, and environmental protection. Weathered voices open an intergenerational conversation about social solidarity and transformation to address the grave crises we face globally and nationally\, including climate catastrophe\, escalating warfare\, extreme wealth inequality\, ethno-nationalism and a heightened continental threat to Canada’s sovereignty. \nJoan Newman Kuyek is a writer\, researcher and community organizer living in Ottawa. In 1965-70\, she worked with the Kingston Community Project (KCP)\, which was instrumental in getting changes to the Landlord and Tenant Act and establishing the first Legal Clinic in Ontario. She has been an organizer all her life\, living in Sudbury from 1970 to 1999 and then in Ottawa as community-focused mining activist. In Sudbury\, she helped organize Women Helping Women\, Wives Supporting the Strike and Better Beginnings Better Futures Project. She was also a founding National Coordinator of MiningWatch Canada. She is the author of many articles and four books that share her learnings form these experiences. \nLib Spry has been theatre-maker for over sixty years as a director\, writer\, producer\, educator\, and translator\, specializing in political\, non-traditional\, clown and physical theatre. She is a recognized teacher of Theatre of the Oppressed. She has founded three theatre companies: Theatre Agile (2011 to present)\, Passionate Balance (1989-1996) and\, with Shirley Barrie\, the award-winning Straight Stitching Productions (1986-1993). She has published in Canadian Theatre Review\, Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada\, alt.theatre\, and has a chapter in the book Playing Boal. She is presently working on a solo show It’s in Our Bones\, and ¡Unsettling!\, a life-size board-game for settlers to look at their relationships to Indigenous realities. \nCo-sponsored by Fernwood Publishing. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/book-launch-the-long-sixties-with-joan-kuyek-and-lib-spry/
LOCATION:Great Canadian Theatre Company\, 1233 Wellington St. W\, Ottawa
ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260328T160312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T235147Z
UID:15762-1776603600-1776614400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:May Day Art Build
DESCRIPTION:Come together to prepare for the May Day March by helping create banners\, signs\, and noisemakers. Art supplies provided. Kids welcome! \n\nWhen: 1:00pm – 4:00pm – Sunday\, April 19th\nWhere: McNabb Community Centre\, Preschool Room\n\nIf you have questions or would like to get involved\, contact us at info@maydayottawa.org.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/may-day-art-build/
LOCATION:McNabb Community Centre\, 180 Percy Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1R 6E5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260419T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260420T002451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T002451Z
UID:16221-1776596400-1776607200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Bountiful Beaver 's Volunteer Open House
DESCRIPTION:Bountiful Beaver ‘s Volunteer Open House\nApril 19th 11am-2pm\n2391 Pepin Court\, Just Food\nCome see what projects we have going on and talk to our core volunteer team! Get your hands in the dirt and tour the farm.\nBountiful Beaver is a non profit in Ottawa East \, growing organic food to serve the needs in our community.\nCome as you are.\nhttps://volunteerottawa.ca/volunteer-job/veggie-gardener/\nhttps://linktr.ee/BountifulBeaver\nQuestions?\nBountifulBeaver@gmail.com
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/bountiful-beaver-s-volunteer-open-house/
LOCATION:2391 Pepin Ct\, Just Food Community Farm\, 2391 Pepin Court\, Ottawa
ORGANIZER;CN="Bountiful Beaver":MAILTO:bountifulBEaver@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260420T002354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T002354Z
UID:16135-1776520800-1776528000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Community Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Concerned about issues affecting migrants\, workers\, youth\, Indigenous peoples\, tenants\, or the climate? Join us for a community-\nbuilding political discussion on April 18th at 2:00pm to link our struggles against Canadian imperialism and build solidarity among our organizations in Ottawa!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/community-gathering/
LOCATION:Ottawa Public Library – Main Branch – Room B125\, 120 Metcalfe St\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260411T233113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T233113Z
UID:16096-1776506400-1776520800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Earth Day Festival
DESCRIPTION:Come out on Earth Day & celebrate spring!\nThe CCA & CCHC’s annual Centretown Earth Day Festival is taking place in Dundonald Park on Saturday\, April 18\, 2026 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).\nWhat you can look forward to: Games\, arts and crafts\, live performances and educational talks. Dozens of organizations will host booths to offer information and opportunities to get involved. Free refreshments and snacks will be provided.\nWe will also be collecting electronics for a community electronics recycling event in partnerships with @electronicrecyclingassociation. Keep an eye out on our page to confirm what items are accepted\n————-\nVenez fêter le Jour de la Terre et célébrer le printemps !\nLe festival annuel du Jour de la Terre à Centretown\, organisé par l’ACC et le CSCC\, se tiendra au parc Dundonald le samedi 18 avril 2026 (de 10 h à 14 h).\nAu programme : jeux\, activités artistiques\, spectacles et présentations éducatives. Des dizaines d’organisations tiendront des standspour vous informer sur les problématiques locales et des opportunités de participation. Des rafraîchissements seront offerts gratuitement.\nNous collecterons également des appareils électroniques dans le cadre d’une collecte communautaire organisée en partenariat avec @electronicrecyclingassociation. Consultez régulièrement notre page pour savoir quels articles sont acceptés
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/earth-day-festival/
LOCATION:Dundonald Park\, 516 Somerset St W
ORGANIZER;CN="Centretown Community Association":MAILTO:ccca@centretowncitizens.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260411T230546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T230546Z
UID:15981-1776450600-1776457800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Ottawa-Vanier Community Talk on Israel-Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a community talk in Ottawa-Vanier designed to provide a clear and accessible overview of the Israel-Palestine issue – from its historical roots to the present day. The session includes a short presentation by Dr. Peter Larson\, Chair of the Ottawa Forum on Israel-Palestine\, followed by an open Q&A\, with space for thoughtful questions and respectful discussion. \nRegister here: https://forms.gle/FoLtrGxJYbCzuEji6
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ottawa-vanier-community-talk-on-israel-palestine/
LOCATION:Rockliffe Park Community Centre\, 380 Springfield Rd\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260328T012908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T012908Z
UID:15731-1776445200-1776452400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Palestinian Prisoners' Day
DESCRIPTION:Healthcare workers and community members will gather to mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day and to demand the immediate release of thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. \nWHEN: Friday\, April 17\, 2026 at 5:00PM\nWHERE: Human Rights Monument\, Ottawa\, ON\nWHO: Health Workers Alliance for Palestine (HAP)\, alongside the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)\, Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine (OHCP4P)\, Doctors Against Genocide (DAG)\, Jews Say No to Genocide (JSNTG)\, GLIA Equal Care\, and community supporters are organizing this vigil to demand immediate action. \nThe zionist settler colonial entity has long used incarceration\, forced disappearance and imprisonment as a way to break up Palestinian families and communities. Political prisoners\, who face colonial violence every day are at the forefront of resistance\, and are at the centre of the struggle for liberation. \nOver 9500 Palestinian political prisoners are currently detained\, including over 350 children. Palestinian children are the only children in the world who are prosecuted in military courts without due process or held in administrative detention with no charge at all. There are at least 91 health care workers\, many of whom were abducted directly from hospitals and ambulances\, seized while treating patients and refusing to abandon the wounded. While in prison\, Palestinian political prisoners are subject to torture\, and neglect at the hands of zionist captors including health care workers. Canada and its institutions including the health sector are complicit through diplomatic and material support to Israel. \nThe urgency is compounded by a bill advancing in the Israeli Knesset that seeks to legalize the execution of Palestinian prisoners. \nWe demand\n* Immediate release of all Palestinian political prisoners\, including healthcare workers\n* An end to administrative detention\, torture\, and medical abuse\n* An end to Canada’s complicity in Israeli occupation and genocide\nWe also demand immediate access to legal representation\, family visits\, health care\, and access to water\, food and hygiene.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/palestinian-prisoners-day/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260412T000404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T000404Z
UID:16109-1776351600-1776355200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Resisting CANSEC with Quaker Roots
DESCRIPTION:Join us online on Thursday\, April 16th at 3 pm-4pm Eastern time (8 pm in the UK) when Pete Doubtfire from Quaker Roots in Britain will discuss successes and lessons learned during activism against DSEI – Britain’s biggest arms fair. \nBrent Patterson from Peace Brigades International Canada will also speak to organizing around Canada’s arms fair – CANSEC (May 27-28 in Ottawa) and Mel Burns from CFSC will discuss our plans for Friendly actions during CANSEC. \nRegister for free https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Rm0-n5ATRlmIj0xTAbLf-w
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/resisting-cansec-with-quaker-roots/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260412T000646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T000646Z
UID:16105-1776277800-1776281400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:In Person Organizing Meeting - Shut Down CANSEC
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 15th at 6:30pm to organize a collective response against a weapons trade show that must be shut down in our lifetime. \nCANSEC has been taking place in Ottawa since 1988 and as ARMX since 1983. Activists in Ottawa and surrounding communities have always risen up in protest and we will do it again. \nJoin us to demonstrate that people do not accept war\, genocide and bloodshed in the name of national defence. CANSEC makes no one safer. \nPlease register here to receive the meeting location details: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/+G5AjozEys40tmBGT2e9NLQCAwMFc+aKRXbSRZwKLhY/embed/
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/in-person-organizing-meeting-shut-down-cansec/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095710
CREATED:20260412T000106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T000106Z
UID:16107-1776168000-1776171600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:No Cuts to Care - National Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:From coast to coast\, say NO to cuts to refugee care! \nJoin us on April 14th for the National Day of Action against the IFHP cuts proposed by the federal government! \nStay on the lookout for actions in other cities! ✊🏼\nShare this with friends and people of conscience \n#NoCutsToCare\n#Health4All\n#NoBordersInHealthcare\n#NoCutstoIFHP
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/no-cuts-to-care-national-day-of-action/
LOCATION:Parliament Hill\, Wellington Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1A 0A9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260411T225754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T225754Z
UID:16038-1776168000-1776171600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:LNG Not in our National Interest
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of global turmoil and yet another war for oil\, here at home our PM Mark Carney is pushing hard to fast track new fossil fuel megaprojects. Billions of public dollars are slated to derisk LNG projects like Ksi Lisims and LNG Canada Phase 2\, projects that worsen climate chaos and violate Indigenous rights. \nPeople across the country are coming together on the week of action on LNG: Not in our National Interest. We must send a clear message to Carney and his ministers that Canadians reject public investments in these projects\, and want to see investments in communities and clean energy. \nJoin Decolonial Solidarity\, Amnesty International and allies in Ottawa at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday\, April 14\, outside Export Development Canada office (150 Slater St.) to deliver our message: LNG is not in the national interest. EDC is one of the biggest government agencies investing in LNG projects. This action is the beginning of a broader organizing effort in Ottawa-Gatineau to stop public investments in LNG.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/lng-not-in-our-national-interest/
ORGANIZER;CN="Decolonial Solidarity Ottawa-Gatineau":MAILTO:decolonialsolidarity.go@protonmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T233000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260412T000657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T000657Z
UID:16112-1776162600-1776209400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:ACORN's Safe Apartments March
DESCRIPTION:ACORN is officially launching our Safe Apartments Campaign.\nWhy? Because tenants are still living with disrepair\, mould\, leaks\, holes in roofs\, infestations\, broken elevators — and the list goes on…\nJoin us to take action by targeting a neglectful corporate landlord\, Q Residential\, who continues to ignore serious issues like bedbugs\, cockroaches\, and long-overdue repairs in both 1244 and 1240 Donald St.\n\nEnough is enough. Ottawa tenants need real enforcement from the City. Join us to kick off the campaign by delivering a demand letter and calling Q Residential’s Head Office. This will send a loud and clear message to City Council: THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!\nBring your neighbours\, friends\, and family — let’s show our power.\n\n\n\n\n\n1239 Donald St\, Ottawa\, ON K1J\, Canada
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/acorns-safe-apartments-march/
ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa ACORN":MAILTO:ottawa@acorncanada.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260411T233556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T235613Z
UID:16099-1776103200-1776106800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Bubble By-law Public Delegation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On April 17\, the “bubble” bylaw will be voted on by the Joint Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services and Public Works and Infrastructure Committee\, and we need to make sure councillors fully understand all of the consequences before making their decisions. \nAny form of a bubble bylaw will have a chilling effect on dissent\, and there is nowhere near enough evidence of protests causing real harm to justify cracking down on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. \nOttawa’s proposal was only made public recently\, but we’ll bring you our analysis at the training session on Monday evening. RSVP today and you’ll receive a Zoom link and further instructions on delegating.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/16099/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260328T014038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T014038Z
UID:15735-1776097800-1776103200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Enemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ) kindly invites you to attend the ICCJ Winter 2026 colloquium\, “Enemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service”. This event is a joint presentation and conversation between  Brett Forester and renowned Indigenous activist\, author\, and filmmaker Ellen Gabriel. \nEvent date and time: Monday\, April 13\, 2026 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm\nEvent location: RC 4400\, SJC Resource Centre\, Richcraft Hall \nEvent Description: \nHow much time and effort has Canada spent spying on Indigenous activists?  In 2022\, Brett Forester of CBC Indigenous in Ottawa set out to answer that question. It proved easy enough to ask but nearly impossible to answer. It took three years\, four formal access to information requests\, one informal request\, three complaints to the federal information commissioner and one court challenge\, but after all this wrangling we can begin to confirm the long-suspected truth: Snooping on Indigenous peoples has been a priority for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service almost since its inception. \nAfter reviewing more than 1\,000 pages of declassified documents\, Forester found surveillance that began in Labrador in 1988 with Cold War paranoia about Soviet meddling had by 1998 evolved into a national counterterrorism project monitoring Indigenous dissent as a form of domestic extremism. In this talk\, Forester will explain why and how this came to be\, as he offers a behind-the-scenes look at his investigation into more than a decade of CSIS’s self-styled “Native extremism” operations. This event is a joint presentation and conversation between Brett Forester and renowned Indigenous activist\, author\, and filmmaker Ellen Gabriel. \nThis event is co-sponsored with Law and Legal Students\, NPSIA\, Journalism and Communications\, and Indigenous Studies. \nSpace will be limited for this event. Please register using the form on the event page\, linked below. \nEnemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service – Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice \n 
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/enemies-of-the-state-how-spying-on-indigenous-activists-became-a-priority-at-the-canadian-security-intelligence-service/
LOCATION:Richcraft Hall\, Carleton University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260412T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260412T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260412T001910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T001910Z
UID:16116-1776006000-1776013200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Against War on Iran and in Solidarity with the Iranian People
DESCRIPTION:Against War on Iran and in Solidarity with the Iranian People\n📍 National Gallery of Canada\n380 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\n🗓 Sunday\, April 12\, 2026 at 3 PM \nThe devastating US-Israeli war on Iran has killed countless innocents and destroyed schools\, hospitals\, universities\, and vital civil infrastructure. It has drastically set the Iranian people’s struggle for liberation back and led to regional instability. We denounce this war and stand in solidarity with Iranian\, Lebanese\, Palestinian\, and all peoples in the region facing imperialist violence and authoritarianism.\nStop the war now! \nOrganized by:\nFeminists for Jina – Toronto\nIranian Collective for Peace and Justice – Canada \nEndorsed by: \n* Association des femmes iraniennes de Montréal\n* Chinese Feminism – Toronto\n* Community Peacemaker Teams – Canada\n* Faculty for Palestine–Carleton\n* Independent Jewish Voices Toronto & York Region\n* International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran\n* Iran solidarity هم یاری\n* Iranian Network for Global Peace and Liberation\n* No More Silence\n* Revolutionary Communist Party\n* Scholar Strike for Liberation\n* Showing up for Racial Justice – Toronto\n* Socialist Project\n* Spring Socialist Network\n* The Third Way for Iran
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/against-war-on-iran-and-in-solidarity-with-the-iranian-people/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260410T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260411T020000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260307T145033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T145033Z
UID:15288-1775854800-1775872800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Laylit
DESCRIPTION:After our last SOLD OUT edition\, Laylit takes over GRIDWRKS and ANNX once again for an unforgettable two-floor dance party! \nLaylit is a platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab/SWANA region and its diaspora. Over the last four years their dance parties in New York City and Montreal have carved out an unmatched place in North American nightlife\, becoming an anticipated social gathering and unique musical experience. \nEach party takes you on a genre-spanning journey\, highlighting the incredible musical diversity\, depth and richness that comes out of the region. Laylit has established its place on the scene with a signature electronic sound blending shaabi\, dabke\, mahraganat\, Arabic pop and hip-hop with contemporary\, boundary pushing dance music (techno\, breakbeat\, hyperpop…) inspired by New York and Montreal’s thriving underground clubs. Featured in multiple publications including the New York Times and Pitchfork\, Laylit recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary with a tour across multiple North American cities. Laylit values inclusivity and unity across cultures\, languages\, dialects\, religions\, identity and sexual orientations.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/laylit-2/
LOCATION:Gridwrks\, 221 Rideau Street\, Ottawa\, K1N 5X8
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ORGANIZER;CN="Debaser":MAILTO:hello@debaser.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260409T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T095711
CREATED:20260404T232332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T232332Z
UID:15948-1775755800-1775761200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Special Relaunch Edition - Climate Hope & Local Wins
DESCRIPTION:New Venue. New Energy. Same Heart. Ready to ditch the climate anxiety for some genuine climate hope? On April 9\, CAFES is excited to host the official relaunch of Green Drinks Ottawa at our new home: The Prescott (379 Preston Street). \nWe are shaking things up with a high-energy format designed to get you connected and inspired. Worried about awkward corner-standing? Don’t be\, you’re in good hands! Come for “Speed-Networking” to meet fellow changemakers\, followed by a round of inspiring “Lighting Talks” featuring local environmental wins. Whether you’re a sustainability pro or just green-curious\, you’ll leave with fresh ideas\, new allies\, and a real way to take action.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/special-relaunch-edition-climate-hope-local-wins/
LOCATION:The Prescott\, 379 Preston St\, Ottawa
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